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But he kept going, turning left instead and racing down the hill towards Upper Charnwood Street where he tripped over and was grabbed by the pursuing police officers.

He appeared at Leicester Crown Court for sentencing on Friday where he was sentenced to two years in a young offenders institution.

The court heard that Waka (19), of Darley Street, Spinney Hill, Leicester, had first been arrested on October 10 last year after he aroused the suspicion of police – again while in Maynard Road with drugs.

He was seen bending down suspiciously trying to hide the bags and police searched him and found £670 in cash and several plastic bags of what turned out to be a synthetic cannabis substance – formerly known as a legal high until the law changed to ban all psychoactive substances.